Wednesday, January 30, 2013


European Spaces 21 Association (EU Spaces) is a non-profit-making organisation, registered in public benefit. We develop activities in the field of culture, media and arts. Our team of dedicated professionals creates and implement different projects and ideas, locally or nationally oriented. We are focused on local diversity, exploring and promoting the city of Rousse and its region as heritage and tourism interesting sites.

Same team of people works in Arena Media: our media activities label: local radio program, television production house and media web space. www.arenamedia.net Here we share our visions on where and how we live, where and how we work, where and how we socialize.

We work for heritage protection, popularization and promotion, using contemporary media tools for digitalization. We are convinced that digitalization of cultural heritage is necessary step towards preserving the common multicultural values of 21 century, but also in synchrony with contemporary world tendencies for sharing the knowledge and culture in internet based spaces without borders. We work with believe how important is preserving the cultural landscapes, counting on sustainable development; for preservation of local identities in the context of Bulgaria’s European integration and use of the culture as resource for local development. We have good experience in multicultural environment, looking forward to establish new contacts and relations with partners from Europe.

We work, enhancing young people to attend our projects, with the believe that youngsters are the present and the future of the society.

We work in boosting cooperation and vital partnership with Rousse Regional Museum of History – creating and developing common projects within the context of culture, heritage and tourism.

Administrative details:

Full legal name
European Spaces 21 Association
Acronym
EU Spaces 21
Nationality
Bulgarian
Legal status
Non-profit-making organisation, registered in public benefit
Official address
44B, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 7000 Rousse, Bulgaria
Office and postal address
14, Lipnik Blvd, KSUDS, 7000 Rousse, Bulgaria
Telephone
+359.82.822.867
Fax
+359.82.820.911
E-mail
Website
Contact person
Tsvetana Nenova
Contact person’s email address

*** EXPERIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
12 years of vital activity in implementing projects of local, regional and national dimensions with international participation. Expertise in project designing, implementation and sustainability. Ability to work in environment of transparency, accuracy and accountability in front of donors and public. Ability to attract donors and mobilize resources from public sector funds, national and international programs, embassies and financial organizations, corporate donors and culture operators.

High ranked professionals in the filed of media, public events organizing, project management and implementation. Participation in consultative bodies on local authorities level, ability for lobbying on behalf of public interest.

Capacity to organize events and activities of over 40 000 EUR costs, connected to culture, civil society, media, arts, environment. Know-how to work in media sector, implementing concrete projects for promotion and dissemination. Experience to work in partnership to cross-border projects and international long-lasting projects in the filed of media and culture.

Unique data base in the sectors of media, culture operators, creative industries. Owned direct communication tools in the filed of media, culture and tourism: annual festival The Bulgarian Europe; annual event Summer Stage Sexsaginta Prista. Organisation of Weekend Tourism Fair annual event on behalf of Municipality of Rousse.

*** HISTORY
A team of inspired people founded in 1999 EUROPEAN SPACES 21 Association, believing that the European integration of Bulgaria is not a vague future, but actual daily-life eager question of matter for ordinary Bulgarians. It started implementing projects, dedicated to civil society development; enhancing the media access for the citizens about their public opinions on important topics; provoking positive energy of creators, artists, media and culture operators. The organisation was registered in public benefit in 2003, under registration number 20031217019 to the Central Register of Non-profit-making Legal Entities Sector in Bulgaria.

*** PRESENT RUNNING PROJECTS

Me, The City 2012-2013
A festival for contemporary urban culture in Rousse. 10 days, 12 stages, 40 events focused on where and how we live, where and how we socialize, where and how we experience the art. Partnering organization to Municipality of Rousse, project is supported under Operational Program Regional Development, co-financed by European Union and European Social Fund. http://azgrada.eu/

Weekend Tourism Fair Rousse 2013
Annual tourism development and promotion event, attracting 250 reps from tourism sector in Bulgaria, guests from Romania, key-speakers from EU. Focused on culture tourism development. Part of the Fair is Tourism Entertainment and Attractions Festival.

The Bulgarian Europe Festival 2013
Unique for Bulgaria media festival with competition and screening program, focused on European issues in Bulgarian context. The competition runs on anti-corruption, legislative reform and marginalized communities' rights, reflected in media productions.http://bgeufest.blogspot.com/



*** Main PROJECTS FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS:

2009-2012 Ethnography Films
Djamal (A Masquerade Ritual) from the village of Koshov
Lazarki (Spring young girls' socialisation Ritual) from the village of Yuper
Triphon Zarezan (Saint Triphon – the patron of vine-cellars) from the village of Riahovo
2012 Against the Flow: Television Series about everyday life of people along fishery Danube towns (Silistra, Svishtov, Tutrakan, Rousse). How to live here, problems and perspectives, pro & cons of EU accession policies.

62 400 000 Bytes Theatre: Drama and Puppets Theatre in Rousse. First digitized data base of local theatre history: performances, seasons, artists and plays. Images and music bank.

Sounds & Images ART Project: Workshop motivating young people to understand and create contemporary audiovisual art.

Bulgaria Unseen television series project on heritage, tourism and adventures of different Bulgarian cities and regions. History, museums, attractive places, nature, country tourism… Series are broadcasted by different television channels.

European Sound Delta. The Bridge Festival. Under EU Culture Program partnership artistic project, artistic residence and audiovisual festival. DJ & VJ workshops.

Summer Stage Sexsaginta Prista Annual summer festival, started in 2004
Attracting Bulgarian and foreign performing artists, festival’s aim is to promote the site of the cultural heritage Sexsaginta Prista – remains of Roman fortress, open-air exhibition of Rousse Regional Museum. More than 5 000 people – direct audience of the program: theatre, jazz, performances of contemporary art, concerts, involving famous but also young artists from Bulgaria, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Latvia. Over 100 media publications – print and broadcast, on different stage events.

Ailing Planet: Raising public awareness on Climate Changes, Global Warming and Kyoto Protocol, 2007
Realizing an informational campaign among young people from Rousse region secondary schools on Climate Changes, Global Warming and Kyoto Protocol. Creation of 15-minutes long documentary film on the topics, circulation on DVD, creation and dissemination of informational tool: Green Media Kit in 15 secondary schools of Rousse Region. Organisation of public screenings and discussions.
Informed 10 000 young people on problems of climate changes and global warming, involved teachers and parents in the process of public awareness.


*** ADMINISTRATIVE AND CAPACITY
Personnel and volunteers:
1 (one) part-time staff, office manager; up to 50 volunteers, working annually under different projects
Equipment and offices:
Rented office space of 150 m2 in Rousse city centre. Owned furniture.
Complete equipment for office work (EU Spaces): 6 PC stations, internet, cable television, fax, 2 printers, scanner, copy machine.
Complete equipment for radio and television work (Arena Media), cameras, hardware, software. Cleared rights music library.
Web page www.arenamedia.net Arena Media label for news, radio, television and internet programs and products.
Web page euspaces.blogspot.com

Other resources
Well established network of connections, information and contact data base of Bulgarian media: over 250 live contacts and communication opportunities with reps from media sector.
Well established contacts with independent audiovisual production companies.
Well established network of connections, information and contact data base of Bulgarian Culture sector: over 200 live contacts and communication opportunities with reps from culture operators sector and creative industries.
Data base of contacts and information in tourist sector.

We are open for future contacts and partnerships:

Tsveta Nenova, European Spaces 21 Association President
Mob: +359.898.386.351

Dimitar Lipovanski, Arena Media Director
Mob: +359.896.687.676

European Spaces 21 Association / Arena Media
Tel: +359.82.822.867 Fax: +359.82.820.911